Check-delivery apparatus.



No. 799,494. PATENTED SEPT. 12, 1905.

V. PODUSOHKA. CHECK DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 17,1904.

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CHECK-DELIVERY APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1905.

Application filed October 17, 1904. Serial No. 228,812.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VIKTOR PODUSOHKA, a

. subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,

residing at Vienna, in the Empire of Austria Hungary, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Check-Delivery Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In business establishments such as restaurants, cofl'ee-shops, and thelike-it has been customary until 'now to control the cash received fromthe customers by entrusting the same to a head attendant or waiter, whois charged with the amount and is responsible to the owner of theestablishment for all articles of consumption which are delivered orsold. In the case of larger establishments, in which it would beimpossible to entrust the superintendence to one single head attendantor waiter, the establishment is subdivided into a number of sections,each section being in the charge of a separate head attendant or waiter.For checking the cash received by the head attendant'or waiter a singlecash-desk is employed in charge of a cashier. The head attendant orwaiter receives every day a number of check-tokens, representing acertain amount of money, and upon having received from the customer anorder for some article of consumption (food-stuff, drinks, &c.) the headattendant or waiter deposits at the cashiers desk one or several of thecheck-tokens which will correspond to the price of the article ordered,whereupon the cashier gives the necessary order to the department wherethe articles are kept or prepared (kitchen, storeroom, &c.) to deliverthe article to the head attendant or waiter and at the same time noteson a reckoning-sheet the amount of the article ordered. At the close ofthe day the head waiter or attendant has to deliver to the cashier thetotal amount of the cash received, which, together with the amount ofthe remaining check-tokens possessed by the head attendant or waitershould represent the value of the check-tokens received by the headattendant or waiter at the commencement of the day. As a matter ofcourse the amount of the cash received by the head attendant or waitershould also coincid e with the aggregate amount of the cost of the itemsnoted down by the cashier on the reckoning-sheet. In cases where theestablishment is divided into several sections, each section in thecharge of a head attendant 0r waiter, the reckoning-sheet is providedwith several columns, each column corresponding to'a separate section orhead attendant or waiter, so that the sum total of each column indicatesthe amount of cash received by each head attendant and the aggregate sumof all columns gives the total amount of cash receivedduring the day.This system of controlling the cash received is open to severalimportant drawbacks, one of the principal of which consists in that fromthe check-tokens and the reckoning-sheet it is impossible to determineto what extent any particular article of consumption-has been sold on agiven day. Besides, any error made by the head attendant or waiter inthe delivery of the check-tokens or by the cashier in noting down theitems on the reckoning-sheet cannot be verified and correctedsubsequently. Furthermore, neither the head attendant nor the cashierhas the least possibility of controlling and verifying each othersproceedings.

According to the present invention all the above-mentioned drawbacks areentirely obviated, the check-tokens of the attendant and thereckoning-sheets of the cashier are done away with, and the registeringof each article consumed is effected under the mutual control andsupervision of both the head attendant or waiter and the cashier in afault less and accurate manner, provision being also made for obtainingreckoning-sheets in which all entries are made by mechanical meansautomatically and which at the end of the day gives a clear account ofthe consumption of the various articles and the cash received.

-For obtaining the foregoing objects the in vention aims to provide acheck-delivery apparatus which is adapted to be used simultaneously fora number of business sections, each in the charge of a head attendant orwaiter, and each affords to the attendant or waiter assigned thereto andto the cashier the possibility of mutually checking each other. Theapparatus is provided with a combined check storage andejecting'mechanism for each section, said mechanism before beingoperated adapted to be adjusted into operative relation with respect toan operating mechanism therefor. Said operating mechanism is adapted tobe actuated on the combined check storage and ejecting mechanism only bythe cashier with the consent of the head attendant or waiter, saidstorage and ejecting mechanism being adjusted by the attendant in chargethereof and said storage and ejecting mechanism serving to indicate thefood-stuff, drink, or the like supplied as well as delivering thenecessary check-tokens.

is a vertical cross-section; Fig. t, an end ele vation with the closuremeans for the casing of the apparatus removed. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8illustrate in plan a combined check storage and ejecting mechanism, thecover-plate being partially removed and in longitudinal and crosssection, respectively. Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1 1, and 15 are detailviews of various portions of the apparatus, and Figs. 16 and 17 showmodified forms of the device for the adjustment of the combined checkstorage and ejecting mechanism.

The apparatus consists of a support 1, provided with two drawers(indicated by the reference characters 2 and 3) and displaceable atright angles with respect to each other. The drawers 2 and 3 are adaptedto be locked; but the drawer 3 is displaceable parallel with the frontside of the support and serves for the reception of the checks deliveredby the cashier. Upon the support 1 is fixed a casing- 1, glazed at itsfront and back and having one of its sides 5 forming a hinged door,which is adapted to be locked. The door 5 when open permits of themounting of the combined check-storage and cash-ejecting mechanlsms inany suitable manner. As shown, these mechanisms are superposed. Thecombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms are arranged in' groups.Preferably the groups are superposed, although any other arrangement ofthe groups may beemployed. Each group corresponds to a section ordepartment of the establishment where the apparatus is used. Each groupconsists of a series of combined check storage and ejecting mechanisms.Each mechanism of each group is for a different article. For example, itwill be assumed that each group comprises five combined check storageand ejecting mechanisms. One of these mechanisms will be for beer,another for whisky, another for coffee, another for a vegetable, and theother for a certain kind of meat. These mechanisms are generallyreferred to by the reference characters 6.

Each group of the combined check storage and ejecting mechanisms (bestillustrated in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8) consists of a check-supportingplate 7, provided with a series of slots arranged in parallelism withrespect to each other, and through the said slots are adapted to projecttoothed actuating-rods 8,which are displaceable and returned to theirinitial positions through the medium of the extensible springs 9,arranged at and engaging one end of the rods 8. Between every pair ofthe parallel slots in the check-supporting plate 7 ejecting mechanismsin each group.

are formed inverted-U-shaped projections 10, which form channels as wellas guides for the check-tokens 11. One end of the projections 10 carriesspring-clips 13 for retaining the checks from displacement until thechecks are discharged through the medium of the ejecting devices 12,which are arranged in the channels formed by the projections 10. Each ofthe ejectors 12 is in the form of a substantially U-shaped spring-slidethe lower arm of which carries a depending nose 17 and the upper arm ofwhich carries an upwardly-extending stud 18. The function of the nose 17and stud 18 will be hereinafter referred to. The spring-cli ps 13 arelocated over the drawer 3, the top of the support 1 being provided withan opening, so that when the checks are discharged they will fallthrough said opening into the drawer 3. A closure 14 is provided for theopening in the support 1. The casing 4 at the discharge end of the checkstorage and ejecting mechanisms is formed with a chamber into which thechecks are ejected and from there fall into the drawer 8. This chamberis visible through the glazing of the front of the box and is divided byvertical strips of glass 15 into as many compartments as the number ofcheck storage and T 1e channels formed by the projections 10 and whichcontain the checks and ejectors 12 are covered by a removable plate 16,which above each slot of the check-supporting plate 7 is provided with aseries of openings, the interval between the openings being such thatthe nose of the ejector 12 will engage in the teeth of its respectiveactuating-rod 8 and the stud 18 of the ejector 12 will enter an openingin the plate 16, so that when the rod 8 is actuated the ejector 12 isadvanced one tooth upon each operation of the rod 8. Between the rows ofopenings in the plate 16 there is indicated the portions of eachfood-stuff, drink, or the like in arithmetical order and thecorresponding prices, so that when the group of the combined checkstorage and ejecting mechanisms is withdrawn it may at once be seen fromthe position of the stud 18, which is readily visible through theopening, how many portions of any particular food-stuff, drink, or thelike have been supplied and. what the total prices for them are.

The toothed actuating-rods 8 are prevented from displacement through themedium of a locking device, which can only be released by the attendantby a key. This locking device, Fig. 5, consists of two blades 20 and 21,par allel one with the other and connected by links 19. The blades 20and 21 extend throughout the whole width of the group of combined checkstorage and ejecting mechanisms and lie in recesses 22, formed on theunder side of the actuating-rods 8. One of these blades is displaceablerelatively to the other by the distance between the centers of rotationof a link. Normally both blades are separated one from the other to suchan extent that the distance between their outer edges is equal to thewidth of one of the recesses in the rods 8, so that these latter arelocked. Such locking is produced by a stud 24, mounted on a spring 23,Figs. 5 and 8, and which falls into an opening in one of the blades.When this latter blade is moved away from the other blade, it is held inposition by a pinand-slot connection 25. The pin-and-slot connectionholds the blade 20 in the direction of its movement and also limits themovement thereof. A locking-pin 27 passes laterally through the frame,Fig. 5, and is moved into a recess in the blade 20 by a spring 27, sothat when the toothed rods 8 are locked it permits of the arrangement ofthe combined check storage and ejecting mechanisms in correspondingguides in the casing. By the insertion of a key belonging to theattendant into the keyhole 28, formed in the check storage and ejectingmechanism, the stud 24 may be lifted out of the opening in the blade andthe blade 21 released. Said blade 21 can then be displaced, therebybringing the blades together and releasing the rods 8. Simultaneously bymeans of the blade 20 the locking-pin 26 is compressed out and broughtinto engagement with the guide in the casing. The check storage andejecting mechanism or group of mechanisms are therefore held in thislatter position and cannot be drawn out as long as the rods 8 arereleased. The lockingpi1'1 26 projects into a longitudinal recess in theguide, so that a short displacement of the check storage and ejectingmechanism or group of mecl anisms in the guide is possible.

The actuation of the rods 8 may take place after the entire checkstorage and ejecting mechanism is inserted in the casing, but only witha definite position of the mechanism or group of mechanisms, whichposition must be produced before each registration or checkdelivery tobe effected by the cashier, by the attendant who brings the rod or rodsof his check storage and ejecting mechanism or group of mechanisms inoperative relation with respect to a key-operating mechanism common toall the groups of check storage and ejecting mechanisms. Thekey-operating mechanism consists of the key-levers 29, Fig. 2, providedwith suitable inscriptions, which levers engage withvertically-displaceable blades 30, which, by means of links 32 by theirdownward displacement produced by depressing the keys, each displace asecond blade 31, provided with rollers 33 and guided on plates 34,against the rear ends of the rails projecting from the number-board inits, for the time being, appro' priate position,and thereby displacethese rails to such an extent that the slides each eject a check out ofthe guide-channels in the forward direction. When the blades movedownward, their upper end seizes an indicator-tab 35, corresponding tothe sale, Fig. 3, and rotates the same around its axis 36 upward intothe upright position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that through the glassdome of the casing and the transparent front wall of the same thecheck-number is visible to the attendant. The tabs are held in theelevated position by a nose 38,capable of oscillation around a rotatablerod 37, and this nose is itself held by a wire 39,parallel with andconnected to this rod 37, so as to be capable of swinging. For thepurpose of releasing the tabs 35 this wire 39 may be lifted by means ofa bent lever 40, Figs. 1, 4, and 10, which upon its downwardlydirectedarm carries a knucklejointed tappet 41, capable of rocking in onedirection. This tappet may be seized by a wing 42, extending over theentire height of all the groups of combined check storage and ejectingmechanism and adapted to be swung against the door 5 by the displacementof any one of them. By this means the bent lever 40 is tripped, so thatthe tab 35, which was being held up, descends. By this means anincorrect or unintentional delivery of checks from the channels by thecashier is rendered impossible, and, on the other hand, the keys, thenumber of which is equal to the number of the actuating-rods 8 of thecombined check storage and ejecting mechanism, may be used for anynumber of combined check storage and ejecting mechanisms. Each of theselatter is first brought into the correct position within the closedcasing for the key depression-'that is to say, in such a position thatthe actuating-rods of one group of check storage and ejecting mechanismscome exactly in front of the blades 31, operated by the keypressure.Normally when the door 5 is closed the rails are displaced relatively tothese blades, and the group of check storage and ejecting mechanismsmust be moved slightly relatively to the door of the casing in order toattain this agreement. This displacement can only be effected by theproper attendant, who is provided with a special key,which he mustinsert immediately before the operation of the mechanism for ejectingthe checks into a keytube 43, projecting from the door 5. Each of thesekey-tubes forms, as shown in Figs. 2, 11, and 12, a part of a two-armedlever 44, which is rotatable round the shaft and is articulated to theinner end of a piston 46, which is submitted to the pressure of a spring47 and carries a pawl 49, rotatable around the horizontal spindle 48,This pawl is rotated in the vertical plane upon the displacement of thepiston by means of a pin-and-slot device 50. By this means the pawl iscaused to engage with or disengage from an eye 51, arranged on thenumber-board. In the first case the group of check storage and ejectingmechanisms is displaced and its rails are set in front of the blades 31,while in the latter case the group of check storage and ejectingmechanisms is pressed back by the piston 46, owing to the action of thespring 47, whereby the rails are brought out of reach of the blade 31.Each lever 44, together with its key-tube 43, is normally held in thatposition in which the pawl is lifted out of the eye within the door 5 bytwo pawls 52 and 53, Figs. 2 and 13. One of these pawls, which isreleased by the front extremity of the bit of the key, engages in aperforation 54 of a wall 56, arranged in the recess 55 of the door,while the second pawl 53, which, like the first, is submitted tospringpressure, engages in a recess 57 of the doorcover plate 58. Thislatter is provided with a slot 59 for the key-tube passing through it,and this slot is of such a width that the lever movement may be carriedout. By the insertion of the key and the release of both the pawls 52and 53, which is thereby effected, the lever 44 may be rocked bypressing sidewise with thehand holding the key. By this means the pistonis drawn into the door with compression of the spring 47, the pawl 49 isintroduced into the eye 51 of the group of check storage and ejectingmechanisms, and this latter pressed forward by the piston.Thelocking-pawl 53 at the end of the rocking of the lever comes under asecond recess 60 of the door-plate 58, into which it springs if the keyhas been Withdrawn previously and holds the key-tube, together with thegroup of check storage and ejecting mechanisms, in the new position. If,however, the key remains inserted after it has been released, the lever44 is turned back by the piston-spring 47, which becomes operative, thepawl is lifted out of the eye, and the group of check storage andejecting mechanisms returned to its initial position by the piston.

The device for adjusting the group of check storage and ejectingmechanisms may also consist of the arrangement shown in Figs. 16 and 17.In this case the lever 44 operates a hollow plunger 46, displaceableupon a slide and pressing directly upon the group of check storage andejectingmechanisms, which upon its opposite side is provided withspring-buffers 47', which upon the release of the pawl 52, retaining thelever 44, produce the adj ustment of the group of check storage andejecting mechanisms by the intermediary of the inserted key. In thisarrangement the keys may be withdrawn after the release of the pawl andthe lever is returned to its initial position by hand.

In lsetting the group of check storage and ejecting mechanisms in theposition appropriate for operating the rails by the keys the wing 42 issimultaneously rocked. By the displacement of this wing a tablet 35,previously raised, is caused to descend, and, further, a lug 61, whichis mounted on one end of a rock-shaft 62, is set over into a horizontalposition. The shaft 62, which is thereby rotated, lifts, by means of afinger 63 fixed upon its other extremity, the hinged bottom 14, Fig. 4,which is situated in an inclined position, this bottom closing thedrawer 3 at the top and during the operation of the rails of theadjusted number-board receives the ejected checks. In this manner, asthe checks lie upon the horizontally-arranged bottom 14 and remainvisible, the attendant is able to exerelse a further control as to thecorrectness of the registration which has taken place. When the group ofcheck storage and ejcctingmechanisms returns to its initial position,the wing 42 rocks against the same and the released bottom fallsdownward, so that the checks fall into the drawer 3.

On the'rear wall of the space divided into compartments into which thechecks are ejected there are also arranged rotatable spring-controlledtables 64, with checkingfigures for the group of check storage andejecting mechanisms which tables on the adjustment of the group of checkstorage and ejecting mechanisms are also rotated and show to theattendant during the period of registering that the proper groups ofcheck storage and ejecting mechanisms have been operated.

I claim- 1. An apparatus of the character described, comprising thecombination with a combined check'storage and ejecting mechanism, ofoperating means therefor, said means consisting of a pair ofvertically-disposed bars, one arranged in parallelism with and slightlyin advance of the other-and one of which is actuated in one direction bythe other, causing thereby the operation of said mechanism and thedischarging of a check therefrom.

2. An apparatus of the character described, comprising the combinationwith a combined check storage and ejecting mechanism, of operating meanstherefor, said means consisting of a pair of vertically-disposed bars,one arranged in parallelism with and slightly in advance of the otherand one of which is actuated in one direction by the other, causingthereby the operation of said mechanism and the discharging of a checktherefrom, said actuated bar adapted to be automatically returned to itsnormal position by said mechanism.

3. An apparatus of the character described, comprising the combinationwith a combined checkstorage and ejecting mechanism, of operating meanstherefor, .said means consisting of a pair of vertically-disposed barspermanently connected together, one of said bars arranged in parallelismwith and slightly in advance of the other and one of which is ac.-tuated in one direction by the other, causing thereby the operation ofsaid mechanism and the discharging ofa check.

4. An apparatus ofthe character described, comprising the combinationwith a combined check storage and ejecting mechanism, of operating meanstherefor, said means consisting of a pair of vertically-disposed barspermanently connected together, one of said bars arranged in parallelismWith and slightly in advance of the other and one 'of Which is actuatedin one direction by the other, causing thereby the operation of saidmechanism and the discharging of a check, said actuated bar adapted tobe automatically returned to its normal position by said mechanism.

5. An apparatus of the character described, comprising the combinationwith a combined check storage and ejecting mechanism, of operating meanstherefor, said means consisting of a pair of vertically-disposed bars,one arranged in parallelism With and slightly in advance of the otherand one of which is actuated in one direction by the other, causingthereby the operation of said mechanism and the discharging of a check,and permanent pivotal connections between said bars, said actuated baradapted to be automatically returned to its normal position by saidmechanism.

6. An apparatus of the character described, comprising the combinationWith a combined check storage and ejecting mechanism, of a pair ofvertically-disposed bars for operating said mechanism, one of said barsarranged in parallelism With and slightly in advance of the other ofsaid bars and one of said bars actuated by the other, said actuated barautomatically returned to its normal position by said mechanism, and anindicating means adapted to be moved to exposure position by one of saidmembers. 7

7 An apparatus of the character described, comprising the combinationwith a combined check storage and ejecting mechanism, of a pair ofvertically-disposed bars for operating said mechanism, one of said barsarranged in parallelism With and slightly in advance of the other andone of said bars actuated by the other, said actuated bar automaticallyreturned to its normal position by-said mechanism, an

indicating means adapted to be moved to exposure position by one of saidmembers, and means for returning said indicating means to normalposition.

8. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, and atransversely-shiftable combined check storage and ejecting mechanismarranged Within the casing, shiftable independently of the casing andhaving as a permanent part thereof means for indicating the value of thechecks ejected.

9. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a group oftransversely and bodily shiftable combined check storage and ejectingmechanisms, operating devices for said mechanisms, and means fortransversely and bodily shifting said mechanisms, causing one of saidmechanisms to be positioned in the path of one of the operating devicesand then be operated by said device and a check ejected therefrom.

10. A machine of the character described comprising a casing, a group oftransversely and bodily shiftable comblned check storage and a normallylocked combined check storage and ejecting mechanism arranged Within thecasing and independently shiftable of the casing, and means forunlocking said mechanism to permit of the transverse shifting thereof.

12. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing,transversely-shiftable and normally locked combined check storage andejecting mechanisms arranged Within and shiftable independently of thecasing, means for unlocking said mechanism to permit of the transverseshifting thereof, and means for operating said mechanism.

13. A machine of the character described, comprising a shiftable andnormally locked combined check storage and ejecting mechanism, means forunlocking said mechanism to permit of the shifting thereof, means foroperating said mechanism, and a locking device to prevent the operationof said ejecting mechanism, said locking device being independent of thefirst-mentioned locking device.

14:. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, aplurality of superposed groups of transversely and bodily shiftablecombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms arranged Within thecasing and shiftable independently of the casing, means for transverselysh fting one of said groups independently of the other, and means forejecting checks from said mechanisms of each group.

15. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, aplurality of superposed groups of bodily-shiftable combined checkstorage and ejecting mechanisms arranged Within and independently shiftable of the cats ing, means for shifting one of said groupsindependently of the other While the latter remains stationary, andoperating devices for the mechanisms of the shifted group.

16. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, aplurality of groups of bodily-shiftable combined check storage andejecting mechanisms arranged Within and shiftable independently of thecasing, means for shifting one of said groups independently of the otherwhile the latter remains stationary, and means for ejecting checks fromthe mechanisms of said shifted group.

17. A machine of the character described, com-prising a casing, a groupof bodily-shiftable combined check storage and ejecting mechanismsarranged Within and shiftable independently of the casing, means forshifting one of said groups independently of the other and While thelatter remains stationary, and

operating devices for the mechanisms of said shifted group.

18. A machine of the character described, comprising a plurality ofsuperposed groups of bodily-shiftable combined check storage andejecting mechanisms, key-released mechisms for shifting one of saidgroups independently of the other, and means for ejecting checks fromthe mechanisms of the shifted group.

19. A machine of the character described, comprising a plurality ofsuperposed groups of hodily-shiftable combined check storage andejecting mechanisms, key-released mechanisms to permit of the shiftingof one of said groups independently of the other, and selectiveoperating devices for the mechanisms of said shifted group.

20. A machine of the character described, comprising a plurality ofgroups of bodilyshiftable combined cheek storage and ejectingmechanisms, key-released mechanisms to permit of the shifting of one ofsaid groups independently of the other, and means for ejecting checksfrom the mechanisms of the shifted group.

21. A machine of the character described, comprising a plurality ofgroups of bodilyshiftable combined cheek storage and ejectingmechanisms, key-released mechanisms to permit of the shifting of one ofsaid groups independently of the other, and selective operating devicesfor the mechanisms of said shifted group.

22. A machine of the character described, comprising a shiftable andnormally locked combined check storage and ejecting mechanisms, akey-released means for unlocking said mechanisms to permit of theshifting thereof, and means for operating said mechanisms.

23. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof, anejector-slide consisting of a pair of spring-arms connected together atone end, one of said arms at its free end provided With anupWardly-extending stud and the other of said arms having a dependingprojection.

24. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof, anejector-slide consisting of a pair of superposed spring-arms connectedtogether at one end, the upper of said arms provided With anupwardly-extending stud and the lower of. said arms having a dependingprojection.

25. A check-delivery apparatus having a combined check storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism comprising a check-supporting plateprovided With a channel for the cheeks and further provided With a slot,spring-clips carried by said plate for retaining the checks in thechannel at one end thereof, a toothed actuating-rod extending throughsaid slot, a closure-plate for the channel provided With a row ofopenings, and an ejectorslide provided with a stud adapted to engage inthe openings and further provided with a depending projection adapted toengage the teeth of the rod.

26. A check-delivery apparatus having a combined check storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism comprising a check-supporting plateprovided With a channel for the checks and further provided with a slot,spring-clips carried by said plate for retaining the checks in thechannel at one end thereof, a toothed actuatingrod extending throughsaid slot, a closure-plate for the channel provided With a roW ofopenings, an ejector-slide provided With a stud adapted to engage in theopenings and further provided With a depending projection adapted toengage the teeth of the rod, and a spring for automatically returningthe rod to its initial position after being actuated.

27. A check-delivery apparatus having a combined check storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism comprising a check-supporting plateprovided with a channel for the checks and further provided with a slot,spring-clips carried by said plate for retaining the checks in thechannel at one end thereof, a toothed actuating-rod extending throughsaid slot, a closure-plate for the channel provided With a roW ofopenings, and an ejectorslide provided With a stud adapted to engage inthe openings and further provided With a depending projection adapted toengage the teeth of the rod, combined with a key-released means forlocking the rod to prevent operation of said mechanism.

28. A check-delivery apparatus having a combined check storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism comprising a check-supporting plateprovided with a channel for the checks and further provided With a slot,springclips carried by said plate for retaining the checks in thechannel at one end thereof, a toothed actuating-rod extending throughsaid slot, a closure-plate for the channel provided With a row ofopenings, an ejector-slide provided with a stud adapted to engage in theopenings and further provided with a depending projection adapted toengage the teeth of the rod, combined with a key-released means forlocking the rod to prevent operation of said mechanism.

29. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof, a plurality ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms, said mechanismscomprising a check-supporting plate provided With parallel slots andfurther provided With projections forming channels for the checks,spring-clips carried by the projections at one end thereof for retainingthe checks in the channels, toothed actuating-rods extending throughsaid slots, a closure-plate for the channels provided With rows ofopenings ar ranged in vertical alinement with said slots, andejector-slides mounted in said. channels and provided with studs adaptedto engagein the said openings and further provided with dependingprojections adapted to engage the teeth of the rods.

30. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof a plurality ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms, said mechanismscomprising a check-supporting plate provided with parallel slots andfurther provided With projections forming channels for the checks,spring-clips carried by the projections at one end thereof for retainingthe checks in the channels, toothed actuating-rods extending throughsaid slots, a closure-plate for the channels provided with rows ofopenings arranged in vertical alinement with said slots, ejector-slidesmounted in said channels and provided with studs adapted'to engage inthe said openings and further provided with depending projectionsadapted to engage the teeth of the rods, and springs for returning therods to their initial position after being operated.

31'. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof a plurality ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms, said mech anismscomprising a check-supporting plate provided with parallel slots andfurther provided with projections forming channels for the checks,spring-clips carried by the projections at one end thereof for retainingthe checks in the channels, toothed actuating-rods extending throughsaid slots, a closure-plate for the channels provided with rows ofopenings arranged in vertical alinement With said slots, andejector-slides mounted in said channels and provided With studs adaptedto engage in the said openings and further provided with dependingprojections adapted to engage the teeth of the rods, combined with akey-released means for locking the rods to prevent the operation of thesaid mechanisms.

32. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof a plurality ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms, said mechanismscomprising a check-supporting plate provided With parallel slots andfurther provided with projections forming channels for the checks,spring-clips carried by the projections at one end thereof for retainingthe checks in the channels, toothed actuating-rods extending throughsaid slots, a closure-plate for the channels provided with roWs ofopenings arranged in vertical alinement with said slots, ejector-slidesmounted in said channels and provided with studs adapted to engage inthe said openings and further provided with depending projectionsadapted to engage the teeth of the rods, and springs for returning therods to their initial position after being operated, combined withkey-released means for locking the rods to prevent the operation of thesaid mechanisms.

33. A check-delivery apparatus having a combined check storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism comprising a cl1eck-supporting plateprovided with a channel for the checks and further provided with a slot,spring-clips carried by said plate for retaining the checks in thechannel at one end thereof, a toothed actuating-rodextending throughsaid slot, a closure-plate for the channel provided with a row ofopenings, an ejector-slide provided with a stud adapted to engage in theopenings and further provided with a depending projection adapted 'toengage the teeth of the rod, and means for actuating said rod, causingthereby the operation of the slide and the ejecting of the checks.

34. A check-delivery apparatus having a combined check storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism comprising a check-supporting plateprovided with channels for the checks and further provided with a slot,spring-clips carried by said plate for retaining the checks in thechannels at one end thereof, a toothed actuating-rod extending throughsaid slot, a closure-plate for the channel provided with a row ofopenings, an ejector-slide provided with a stud adapted to engage in theopenings and further provided with a depending projection adapted toengage the teeth of the rod, a spring for automatically returning therod to its initial position after being actuated, and means foractuating said rod, causing thereby the operation of the slide and theejecting of the checks.

35. A check-delivery apparatus having a combinedcheck storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism comprising a check-supporting plateprovided with a channel for the checks and further provided with a slot,spring-clips carried by said plate for retaining the checks in thechannel at one end thereof, a toothed actuating-rod extending throughsaid slot, a closure-plate for the channel provided with a row ofopenings, and an ejectorslide provided with a stud adapted to engage inthe openings and further provided with a depending projection adapted toengage the teeth of the rod, combined with a key-released means forlocking the rod to prevent operation of said mechanism, and means foractuating said rod, causing thereby the operation of the slide and theejecting of the checks.

36. A check-delivery apparatus having a combined check storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism comprising a check-supporting plateprovided with a channel for the checks and. further provided with aslot,springclips carried by said plate for retaining the checks in thechannel at one end thereof, a toothed actuating-rod extending throughsaid slot, a closure-plate for the channel provided with a row ofopenings, an ejector-slide pro vided with a stud adapted to engage inthe openings and further provided with a depending projection adapted toengage the teeth of the rod, combined with a key-released means forlocking the rod to prevent operation of said mechanism, and means foractuating said rod, causing thereby the operation of the slide and theejecting of the checks.

37. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof, a plurality ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms,said mechanismscomprising a check-supportingplate provided with parallel slots andfurther provided with projections forming channels for the checks,spring-clips carried by the projections at one end thereof for retainingthe checks in the channels, toothed actuating-rods extending throughsaid slots, a closure-plate for the channels provided with rows ofopenings arranged in vertical alinement with said slots, ejector-slidesmounted in said channels and provided with studs adapted to engage inthe said openings and further provided with depending projectionsadapted to engage the teeth of the rods, and operating devices for thesaid rods.

38. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof a plurality ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms,said mechanismscomprisingacheck-supporting plate provided with parallel slots andfurther provided with projections forming channels for the checks,spring-clips carried by the projections at one end thereof for retainingthe checks in the channels, toothed actuating-rods extending throughsaid slots, a closure-plate for the channels provided with rows ofopenings arranged in vertical alinement with said slots, ejector-slidesmounted in said channels and provided with studs adapted to engage inthe said openings and further provided with depending projectionsadapted to engage the teeth of the rods, springs for returning the rodsto their initial positions after being operated, and operating devicesfor the said rods.

39. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof a plurality ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms,said mechanismscomprising a check-supporting plate provided with parallel slots andfurther provided with projections forming channels for the checks,spring-clips carried by the projections at one end thereof for retainingthe checks in the channels, toothed actuating-rods extending throughsaid slots, a closure-plate for the channels provided with rows ofopenings arranged in vertical alinement with said slots, andejector-slides mounted in said channels and provided with studs adaptedto engage in the said openings and further provided with dependingprojections adapted to engage the teeth of the rods,combined with akey-released means for locking the rods to prevent the operation of thesaid mechanisms, and operating devices for the said rods.

40. A check-delivery apparatus having as a part thereof a plurality ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms, said mechanismscomprising a check-supporting plate provided with parallel slots andfurther provided with projections forming channels for the checks,spring-clips carried by the projections at one end thereof for retainingthe checks in the channels, toothed actuating-rods extending throughsaid slots, a closure-plate for the channels provided with rows ofopenings arranged in vertical alinement with said slots, ejector-slidesmounted in said channels and provided with studs adapted to engage inthe said openings and further provided with depending projectionsadapted to engage the teeth of the rods, and springs for returning therods to their initial position after being operated, combined withkey-released means for locking the rods to prevent the operation of thesaid mechanisms,and operating devices for the said rods.

41. In a check-delivery apparatus, the combination with a plurality ofgroups of bodilyshiftable combined check storage and'ejectingmechanisms, and selective operating devices for said mechanisms, of anindicating mechanism for indicating the value of the check discharged,said indicating mechanism consisting of a plurality of indicator-tabs,means for retaining said tabs in an elevated position, a bar for holdingsaid means in operative position, a trip-lever for releasing said bar,and a wing actuated by one of said groups for tripping said lever.

42. In a check-delivery apparatus, the combination with a plurality ofgroups of bodilyshiftable combined check storage and ejectingmechanisms, of means for rendering visible the check discharged, saidmeans consisting of a movable bottom arranged in front of said groups,vertical partitions forming compartments corresponding in number to thenumber of mechanisms of each group, a rockshaft, an arm carried therebyfor operating said bottom, a finger 63 carried by said shaft, and a wingadapted to be actuated by the adjustment of one of said groups andadapted to engage the arm 63 for locking said shaft.

43. In a check-delivery apparatus, the combination with a combined checkstorage and ejecting mechanism, of means for locking said mechanism,said means consisting of a pair of displaceable transversely-extendingblades, links connecting said blades, and a key-released means forretaining said blades in locking position.

44. In acheck-delivery apparatus, the combination with a combined checkstorage and ejecting mechanism, of means for adjusting said mechanism,said means consisting of an oscillatory lever terminating in a key-tube,a spring-controlled piston acted upon by said lever, a connectionbetween the piston and the said mechanism, and a pair of pawls forretaining said lever in operative position and adapted to be engaged andoperated by a key for releasing the lever, causing thereby the releaseof the piston and the adjusting of the mechanism.

4,5. In a machine of the character described,

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means for rendering visible the check discharged, said means comprisingthe combination with a tilting support, of a rock-shaft, a fingercarried on one end of said shaft and adapted to prevent the support fromtilting, a lug carried on the other end of said shaft, and shiftablemeans adapted when operated in one direction to engage said lug, therebyrocking said shaft and moving the finger out of the path of the supportto permit of the tilting thereof.

46. In a machine of the character described, means for rendering visiblethe check discharged, said means comprising the combination with atilting support,of a rock-shaft,a finger carried on one end of saidshaft and adapt ed to prevent the support from tilting, a lug carried onthe other end of said shaft, and

vertically extending and shiftable means adapted when operated in onedirection to engage said lug, thereby rocking said shaft and moving thefinger out of the path of the support to permit of the tilting thereof.

47. In an apparatus of the character described, a casing, a group ofcombined check storage and ejecting mechanisms, said mechanisms arrangedwithin said casing arranged in parallelism with respect to each otherand I said mechanisms bodily shiftable together independently of thecasing, and means for selectively operating any one of the saidmechanisms of said group.

&8. In a machine of the character described, a casing, a plurality ofgroups of combined check storage and ejecting mechanisms arranged withinsaid casing, the mechanisms of each group arranged in parallelism withrespect to each other, each of said groups of mechanisms bodily movabletogether independently of the casing, and means for selectivelyoperating any one of the mechanisms of each group of mechanisms.

49. In a machine of the characterdescribed, a casing, a plurality ofsuperposed groups of combined check storage and ejecting mechanismsarranged within said casing, the mech anisms of each group arranged inparallelism with respect to each other, each of said groups ofmechanisms bodily shiftable together independently of the casing, andmeans for selectively operating any one of the mechanisms of each groupof mechanisms.

50. A machine of the character described,

comprising a casing, a shiftable and normally locked combined checkstorage and ejecting mechanism arranged within and shift-ableindependently of the casing, means for releasing the said mechanism,means for shifting said mechanism, and means for operating saidmechanism, causing thereby the discharge of checks therefrom.

51. A machine of the character described, comprising a casing, a groupof bodily-shiftable and normally locked combined check storage andejecting mechanisms arranged within and shiftable independently of theeasing, means for unlocking said mechanisms to permit of the shiftingthereof, means for shifting said group of mechanisms while the casingremains stationary, and means for operating one of said mechanisms,causing thereby the discharge of .checks therefrom.

52. A check-delivery apparatus having a combined check storage andejecting mechanism, said mechanism compri'sing a check-supporting plateand further provided with a slot, means carried by said plate forretaining the checks thereon, an actuating-rod extending through saidslot, at closure-plate superposed upon said checlcsupporting plate andprovided with openings, and an ejecting means for the checks adapted toengage in the rod and in the said openings.

In tesitmony whereof I have hereunto set J OSEF RUBURCH, ALvnsTo S.Hocnn.

